Singapore legislation
Clause 107
Clause 107
Position of counsel at courts-martial
(1)
Any conduct of a counsel which would be liable to censure, or a contempt of court, if it took place before the Supreme Court, shall likewise be deemed liable to censure, or a contempt of court, in the case of a court-martial; and the rules laid down for the practice of courts-martial and the guidance of the counsel shall be binding on counsel appearing before such courts-martial, and any wilful disobedience of such rules shall be professional misconduct, and, if persevered in, be deemed a contempt of court.
(2)
Where a counsel is guilty of conduct liable to censure, or a contempt of court, such offence shall be deemed to be an offence within the meaning of section 104, and the president of the court-martial may certify the same to a court of law accordingly; and the court of law of which the same is certified shall deal with such offence in the same manner as if it had been committed in a proceeding before that court.
(3)
A court-martial may by order under the hand of the president of the court-martial, cause a counsel to be removed from the court who is guilty of such an offence as may, in the opinion of the court-martial, require his removal from court, but in every such case the president of the court-martial shall certify the offence committed to a court of law in the manner provided by section 104.